Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Ok.

2 months ago

Ok read...slow at times, and hard to get into...not something I would recommend.

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Great if you haven't seen the show

This review is from: Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Trade Paperback)

13 months ago

If you haven't watched the Dexter series, shown on HBO and now Showcase, you will love this book. If you have seen the series, you will be bored. The series is taken almost directly from the book, almost word for word in some instances. The only difference is that some of the characters are slightly different in the book compared to the series. I saw the TV show first and then read the book. I wish I had done it the opposite way. If you like quirky, different stories, you'll like this.

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Delightfully daring Dexter

4 months ago

Dexter, Dexter, Dexter, How I love thee, let me count the ways, One dead body, two dead bodies, three.... Dexter is an average Joe that no one will take a second glance to because he makes it his life's mission to be as unnoticable as possible. He dresses as mundane as possible. Befriends, but not too friendly, everyone. He says the right thing at the right time. Smiles when he needs to smile and laughs when he needs to laugh. He is programmed to be Mr. Normal. Why? Because Dexter is… + read more

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Interesting, but not the Showtime Show.

This review is from: Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Trade Paperback)

15 months ago

Fans of the Showtime series may find this book a tad disappointing at times. While the story arc is very similar to season 1, the ending is quite different and characters other than Dexter himself remain underdeveloped and seem mostly to be incidental vehicles to help drive the plot. Many of the nuances of the TV shows that psychology (or at least serial killer) buffs recognize that make the show realistic are absent from the novel. Does Dexter have a conscience, or merely a set of ethics?

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I could become a fan yet

This review is from: Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Trade Paperback)

15 months ago

Previously perplexed Pamela's past postulation of the preposterous popularity of HBO's Dexter has diminished and she is now pleasantly surprised by reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter. ; ) After learning about the character through first person narration, I have now connected with this bizarre sociopath (can we even call him that, being he has a conscience) and will have the patience to make it past two episodes and possibly even become a fan in accordance with the masses. www.booksnakereviews… + read more

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Marvelously, morbidly macabre.

This review is from: Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Trade Paperback)

17 months ago

Written in eyes of Dexter himself, this book is descriptive and delicious. Dexter is truly a unique creation, the man we love to hate. The book "sets my teeth on edge." Excellent.

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